Workers' Compensation News
|
DWC Proposes Rule Change to Ease Penalty Provisions
|
04/18/2018
|
|
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 190 min read
|
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing a rule amendment that will allow contractors that are issued a stop-work order for failure to provide coverage to make three, instea...Read More
|
|
|
Worker, Property Owner Both Granted Summary Judgment for Scaffold Accident
|
04/18/2018
|
Source: WorkCompCentral
|
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 90 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read
|
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim against a property owner, and that the property owner should have been granted summary judgment on its indemnification claim against the worker’s employer....Read More
|
|
|
Plastics Maker Hit With $435,600 Fine for Unsafe Conditions
|
04/18/2018
|
|
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 33 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 36 min read
|
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a New Jersey plastics manufacturer more than $435,600 for exposing employees to hearing loss, amputations, electric shock and burns.
Douglas Stephen Plastics Inc. was cited for the safety violations at its Paterson facility, acco...Read More
|
|
|
Commission Chairman Gets New Law Clerk
|
04/18/2018
|
|
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 121 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 166 min read
|
Industrial Commission Chairman Charlton Allen has a new law clerk to advise him and handle legal correspondence, the commission announced.
...Read More
|
|
|
RICO Claims Dismissed From Another EquityComp Lawsuit
|
04/17/2018
|
By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 755 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read
|
A Southern California employer suing the administrators of the EquityComp workers’ compensation program will have to pursue unfair competition and bad faith claims in state court after dropping its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that threw out racketeering allegations.
...Read More
|
|
|
AP: Little Punishment for Doctors Accused of Sexual Misconduct
|
04/17/2018
|
|
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 668 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 83 min read
|
Politicians, celebrities and “elite journalists” have all lost their jobs amidst allegations of sexual misconduct, but doctors facing similar accusations more often receive at most only a short suspension, according to a ...Read More
|
|
|
Report: Tesla Failed to Report Workplace Injuries
|
04/17/2018
|
|
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 620 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
|
Electric car manufacturer Tesla failed to report numerous workplace injuries at its Northern California factory as part of what some workers told the Centers for Investigative Reporting was a company-wide culture that prioritized productivity over safety.
...Read More
|
|
10000 Results
Page 9 of 1000